ROYAL NAVY UNIFORMS 1930-1945 by Martin J. Brayley ( 9781847978448 )

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Title:

ROYAL NAVY UNIFORMS 1930-1945

By:

Martin J. Brayley

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

1847978444

ISBN 13:

9781847978448

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Publisher:

THE CROWOOD PRESS LTD

Pub. date:

18 November, 2014

Edition:

UK ed.

Pages:

160

Description:

Uses over 400 illustrations to show the clothing of both Officers and Ratings in World War II and during the years leading up to it, when Naval uniforms underwent significant modernization. In this book, the illustrations are supported by detailed text describing the development and use of Naval clothing of the time.

Synopsis:

Royal Navy Uniforms 1930 - 1945 uses over 400 illustrations - both period images and new colour photographs of original items - to show the clothing of both Officers and Ratings in World War II and during the years leading up to it, when Naval uniforms underwent significant modernization. The illustrations are supported by detailed text describing the development and use of Naval clothing of the time. Its contents include Officers' clothing and effects; Class 1 and III Ratings' clothing and effects; seamens' clothing and effects; battledress and tropical clothing; miscellaneous clothing, personal effects and substantive and non-substantive insignia. This is the first book to offer a detailed study of Royal Navy clothing in the 1930s and World War II and will be a vital resource for collectors, historians and enthusiasts.

Illustrations:

300 colour photographs 170 black & white photographs

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Imprint:

The Crowood Press Ltd

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Returnable

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